Conversion from cyclosporine to tacrolimus in patients with chronic allograft nephropathy / 中华器官移植杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate and compare the effect of cyclosporine A (CsA) vs. tacrolimus (TAC)-based immunosuppressive regimen on chronic allograft nephropathy. Methods Ninety-six patients who received a cadeveric kidney transplantation in our unit during Jan. 1995 to Jan. 2004 more than 12 months prior to study enrollment and who were being treated with CsA-based immunosuppressive treatment were included. All patients received allograft biopsy and were diagnosed as CAN. Patients were differentiated according to following regimen. Patients were either converted to tacrolimus (TAC group, n=58) or remained on their initial CsA-based immunosuppression (CsA group, n=39). The clinical data at study entry and after 3, 6 and 12 months including serum total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine (SCr), albumin were recorded during a follow-up of over 12 months. Results Though TC, TG and LDL levels remained unchanged in CsA group, while statistically reduced in TAC group respectively ( 6.60? 1.34 mmol/L vs. 5.20? 0.75 mmol/L, 3.00? 1.40 mmol/L vs. 1.90? 0.86 mmol/L, and 3.70? 0.93 mmol/L vs. 3.00? 0.72 mmol/L, P